Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did , however , discuss such a marvel with Sir John Harrington , the Queen 's nephew , who has since devised an ingenious system to build a water closet so that privies and latrines can be cleaned by pulling a chain and releasing water . |
| 2 | What does seem likely , at least in part , is that a practice which began in the Sixties — distinguishing themselves from their left-leaning peers through a pose of premature reactionism — has since become an indistinguishable part of their character . |
| 3 | In a recent review of rural leisure and recreation research Owens ( 1984 ) has commented on not only how participation in rural leisure and recreation grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s , but how it was also accompanied by a surge of interest in applied research which has since spawned an enormous literature . |
| 4 | In 1987 he had declined an offer to direct the National Gallery in London , opting instead to lead the Kimbell where he has since conducted an exemplary acquisitions campaign ; also , he has close ties with Mr Mellon , having served as CEO of the Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art , established by the philanthropist at Yale University . |
| 5 | ICI has since published an environmental policy document with these four objectives as its cornerstones . |
| 6 | But the underlying theme was that expressed by a Japanese , Zenko Suzuki , in 1982 — a theme that has since proved an undeniable stimulus to politicians and rhetoricians in need of a new and very positive cause . |
| 7 | This is to certify that … has successfully completed an advanced training course in the following subjects : Information Management , Plant Information Systems , Database Design and Construction , Word Processing , and Personal Computer Operating Systems ; and that he has demonstrated his abilities in these subjects by constructing a database of the Economically Useful Plants of India . |
| 8 | Germany has successfully created an internal federation of well balanced parts . |
| 9 | In hydrology , definition of the pathways of movement through the hydrological cycle has necessarily provided an important focus in studies by physical geographers but in geomorphology the use of concepts based upon energy-balance concepts has been less striking . |
| 10 | The recession has obviously had an adverse effect on attractions throughout the country , not least of all steam railways . |
| 11 | Teesside has long demanded an improved service , accelerated by the demise of the Cleveland Executive two years ago which deprived one of Europe 's biggest urban and industrial conurbations of a direct service to London . |
| 12 | Teesside has long demanded an improved service , accelerated by the demise of the Cleveland Executive two years ago which deprived one of Europe 's biggest urban and industrial conurbations of a direct service to London . |
| 13 | THE recent wild fluctuation in interest rates has only added an extra burden to people already having severe housing problems . |
| 14 | Or will governors consider taking the easy way out ( and the cheapest ) and appoint a local teacher , who has perhaps proved an adequate supply teacher in the recent past ? |
| 15 | The argument that public sector employment has expanded so much that it has absorbed too much labour and it has thus had an adverse effect on the national economy will be examined in the next chapter . |
| 16 | ( c ) Agricultural produce which has not undergone an industrial process is exempt ( s. 2(4) ) . |
| 17 | With winger Don Williams recovered from injury , Havant have the all-round strength to perform with some distinction in an event which has not seen an English winner since Slough in 1980 . |
| 18 | Applying Morris one has not because one has not done an unauthorised act . |
| 19 | The groin injury he suffered against Airdrie on Saturday opens the door for Aberdeen 's Alex McLeish , who has not played an international match for two years . |
| 20 | The basic political conflicts which are likely to decide the fate of the world today have little to do with nation-states , because for half a century there has not existed an international state system of the 19th- century European type , but an essentially bi-polar world organised round two superpowers . |
| 21 | But which of us , locked behind a desk or in a queue at the supermarket check-out , has not had an overwhelming desire to drop everything , run into the street , hail a passing cab and make for the nearest airport to catch a plane to anywhere ? |
| 22 | The 32-year-old French film director has just flown into London from LA , and has not had an easy time of it . |
| 23 | The Government has not had an economic policy since it was forced to withdraw from the European Monetary System and let the value of the pound plummet . |
| 24 | It is , for example , rare , though not unknown , to find the holder of an important kadilik who has not taught at the Sahn ; and it is likewise extremely unusual , though again not unheard of , to find a kazasker who has not held an important kadilik . |
| 25 | Today 's event is his tuning-up race and he has not got an easy task . |
| 26 | LEA inspection has not provided an adequate substitute or back-up for HMI . |
| 27 | It is a shame that Iain Brown 's outstanding scholarship , evident in the extensive captions , was not allowed to take the form of a numbered catalogue but he has nevertheless produced an attractive companion publication for the show ( Monumental Reputation . |
| 28 | INTERVIEW / Academician in peril : John Cale , Velvet Underground graduate , has just written an orchestral suite . |
| 29 | Gillian Newsum has just written an excellent book about him and we were lucky enough to be offered an extract to whet your appetite ! |
| 30 | In fact , the Countryside Commission has just announced an imaginative scheme for 12 ‘ community forests ’ on marginal urban fringe farmland . |